"The river ~ the river ~ has come. "
"Oh, the river. We work hard. I w-want repayment. I want Mani."
After a long visit to the workshop, Chendra's colleagues greet me with a glance.
They were still fluent in Japanese, but they smiled comfortably as well.
"Okay, okay. But where's Chend? "
"Went to lunch with Chendra. Japanese food is delicious. It's best if you mix it with curry. "
Um... I like Careless. I'm hungry, too. Do you want to go get some food?
"What restaurant are you in? "
"Mega Carreda in front of Yogi. That's a lot of sheep. I'm so full. But I eat two bowls! Haha!"
Pumala, an Indian larger than anyone else, raised his thumb with a good impression. It's a very small name.
I nod, smiling awkwardly, and head to the curry house where Chendra is eating.
As I walked into the store, the spicy smell of spices stimulated my sense of smell and was enough to boost my market. Then Chendra in the corner of the store found me and waved her hands.
The colourful Indian eyes and enormous nostrils felt overwhelming at any moment.
"Kang Jun-hyuk is here!! "
Chendra is slightly better in Japanese than other Indian friends.
"It's been a long time, Chendra!"
"We worked hard... I made a lot just like Joon-Hyuk said. Dragon M..."
"Shh!! Shh!!"
As I put my fingers in my mouth, Chend hurriedly smiles, covering his mouth with both hands.
"Hello, what would you like to have? "
"Give me a mega curry. "
"High-Mega curry, please."
In the cool host's voice, the staff in the kitchen responded loudly.
"Yes, I understand!! "
"What's wrong with Kang Joon-Hyuk today? Are you here for curry? Curry's good here. I like Chendra."
"Did I come here to eat curry? I came to see you, didn't I? "
"Are you here to see Chendra? You're doing great with Chendra. I still make 200 with my friends a day. "
"Yeah, I just need you to make 30 of them a day. "
"Three... 30? That's too few. So Kang Joon-Hyuk doesn't need us anymore? Are you dumping us like the rest of the Japanese? "
"Why would I abandon you? I want you to make me something else. "
"That's a relief. Curry is delicious again! What else are you going to make? I enjoy working with Joon-Hyuk. I feel like a secret operative. "
"Let's create an expansion pack. "
"Expansion pack… um.. what is it? "
Yes. I'll draw it all again.I can't communicate with everything in Japan. I can't imagine how good I am at painting everyday!
I created a compartment with roughly a dragon emblem cartridge and re-created a cartridge underneath it for the family.
"Put a DE on top of this, and put this whole thing back in the family. Put the data recovery system of your existing games in this expansion cartridge. "
The current market price of Dragon Emblem is over 20,000 yen. Because the price was so high for a single game, it was the biggest disadvantage that various users couldn't enjoy it. However, now that we have an attack on Phammi Communications, referring to the target house, we can almost clear it, so we have determined that it is time to lower the cartridge unit price.
"Oh, what a surprise. A device that can restore deleted data. Got it. It's easy. I can do it with my toes. "
For a moment, I imagined Chendra fabricating a substrate with her toes, and I was so overwhelmed that I shook my head.
"Oh, and I'm going to put together eight little scenarios that follow. Distribution can be done with your friends, just like before, on the second-hand market. "
"Okee Okee. Chendra. 100% clear. Don't worry!"
He nods, looking carefully at the painting and extends his hand to me.
It means to ask for a deposit.
I took out a white bag of money from my arms and handed it over to Chendra.
"Kang Jun-hyuk is sure of his credit. That's why I like Kang Joon-Hyuk, Chend. "
"Here comes Mega Carre!! "
Bravo... With a heavy voice, I found curry in front of me in a bowl the size of a washbasin. What is this... This huge amount of curry?
"Look, I normally make you do this. "
"Yes, Mega Carre is normal. That's the aumauri."
I was frightened to look at the bowl of the person eating next to me. The bowl he was burying his head in was 1.5 times bigger than mine.
While holding the spoon for a moment, Chendra giggles and opens his mouth, wondering where to start attacking this food.
"I'm not hungry all day with just one! Pumala eats two bowls of this. Hurry up and eat, Kang Jun-hyuk. "
I... I think I'm gonna hate karev for a while...
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The expansion cartridge created by the Indian Ford started to drop the price of the ever soaring Dragon Emblem to the right line.
Finally, the price sold in second-hand transactions is 9800 yen. The price of custom chips inside was formed higher than normal game prices, but the fact that familiarization revealed the secrets of the price of dragons emblems led to consumers' persuasion.
Of course, there was a problem if the price continued to rise, but Chendra was using an expansion cartridge to initialize the game data for 300 yen in the game shop.
Initially, the game shop hated the expanded cartridge of Dragon Emblems that couldn't be played on a single device, but players who had lost their play data and were storing it until now were able to come and retrieve the data and receive the expansion packs without too much effort.
And since the game was completed, a relatively inexpensive expansion cartridge has begun to sell off in an additional scenario.
And that's why... Gunpei and I and Shigeru had to be called back in front of Kamauchi again.
"What the hell is this Satan!!! It's like our mintendo is being used by a Korean developer!! "
Then, as always, Gunpei opened his mouth sweeping his glasses.
"But it's true that the effects of the Dragon Emblem have greatly increased our family's sales volume. This particular expansion cartridge was a remarkable expansion as an engineer. "
"That's right, I didn't expect the game to last much longer in that way. "
"You think I've gathered you here to praise the Korean developer!? We have to come up with a plan!? "
Then I opened my mouth, standing still.
"Do you really need a plan?" "
"What? So we're just gonna sit here and watch? A game that doesn't pay us royalties is getting more popular than ever, and we're just gonna watch it with our eyes wide open? "
"The dragon emblem has gone too deep to take action now. I think it's better to protect the creator of the game than to cut it out in the yard where second-hand distribution is already enabled. "
"Protect him instead? Why us? "
"What if the dragon emblem goes to the NEGA disk? "
In a word I said, Kamachi and the president all opened their mouths. I don't think anyone has ever imagined that.
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"What if the dragon emblem goes to the NEGA disk? "
In a word I said, Kamachi and the president all opened their mouths.
I don't think anyone has ever imagined that.
Honestly, this was some kind of threat to President Kamauchi as the developer of the Dragon Emblem. Shigei understood my words and hurriedly stopped Kamachi.
"Th-thinking about it, the Gang is right. With those marketing skills and development skills, there's nothing wrong with moving to the NEGA disk at any time. Of course, our first party games in Mintendo are great, but I can't ignore the third-party producers recently. Kawata's balloon fights, Earl Kung Fu, circus. especially for major companies like the Dragon Warrior and the Final Frontier."
"So you're saying that if you don't mess with one of our infamous third-party games, you could hurt our image of Mintendo."
"Dragon emblems are already the best games in other gaming companies. It's a game that's way ahead of its time, and I don't think it's a good idea to show expulsion in our Mintendo. "
"Although dragon emblems don't pay royalties, there are rumors that this has greatly improved the quality of family games. We should think of it as a blessing just to have dragon emblems through our family. "
"Damn it, I'm supposed to close my eyes like I don't know."
At that time, Shigere gave me a surprising answer.
"Rather, why not publicize it? "
"Yes..? We don't have enough to close our eyes and promote it?? "
"In fact, we've been getting some complaints from the Third Party about the recent quantity of cartridge seconds or the royalty. At this time of year, if you support Dragon Emblems with other game makers, your perception will be firmly established as a console company that knows the gaming industry."
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A few days from now...
"Fame reporter. This is Junpei Ishimoto. Mr. Kamauchi has requested an interview today. Do you really want to say something to the creators of Dragon Emblem...? "
"Yes, it is. I think it's the most impressive game I've played recently. "
"Ahhh!! Have you also enjoyed the Dragon Emblem? "
"Of course. And the Dragon Warrior and the Final Frontier had fun. Recently, playing dragon emblems... I suddenly thought, "
"What... what did you think? "
"The power of the game leading our family is not for the First Party, but for the Third Party. The Dragon Warrior, which is Japan's iconic game, is also created by Phoenix, not by us Mintendo. The same is true of dragon emblems, which are the latest trends. "
"Yes, the first party game of Mintendo, the legendary Super Maridge and Karin, is great, but it's also not to be underestimated the quality of the games recently developed at the Third Party. "
"Yes, our minten and gaming company are symbiotic relationships that will continue to lead the gaming world together. So our mintendo decided to halve the width of the cartridge seconds and cut the royalty pay in part. "
"This is great news from the gaming industry. "
"We've made a tough decision because we want more users to enjoy great games like Dragon Emblem. I also want to thank the developer of Dragon Emblem for creating a great game!! I would also like you to join my family in Mintendo. "
Kamauchi finished the interview in a very solemn atmosphere, unlike when he was treating us.
Especially the last words he added about the dragon emblem being stolen from the NEGA.
After watching the interview to the end, Shigei and I barely endured the laughter that was about to burst out, they simultaneously ran out to the back of the headquarters.
"Haha, did you see the look on her face? Kick, Kick, Kick!! "
"Oh, I almost died, too. "
"The real Dragon Emblem is amazing. I can't believe the boss made me beg so little. "
"I see. The initial distribution of cartridges has improved, and the loyalty has decreased, so the gaming industry will love it. "
"Competition will be even more intense. I have to rush the development of super marijuana 3."
"Two was pretty low, right? "
"It's... it's just that I've been going a little crazy."
Unfortunate Game Supermaridge 2.
Among the Super Maridge series that everyone knew about, there were the oldest users who played the 1st and 3rd in the family. But among such people, 2 is surprisingly vague in memory. I don't know if it came out or what kind of game it was.
In fact, Super Mariage 2, which was developed on the rise due to the success of 1, was the worst stressor in the world.
Inspired by the fact that the game was too easy at the time, Shigeru went into making Super Maritime difficulty, but there was very little change in graphics, and he failed to control the difficulty there, so he only received it if he was coldly turned away from Japanese users.
Meanwhile, Minten was waiting for the launch of Super Maridge 2 in the US, but the reaction was a bit dull in Japan, and Shigeru, who he didn't want to see this, did a lot of things to his own Super Maridge.
It was a game that only Maridge's characters had been disguised in. What kind of sick game is this... called the Hockey Panic that picks desert radishes and throws them at the enemy in an Arabian night atmosphere.
After all, it was launched in the name of the Super Maridge USA... but the users couldn't understand why Maridge, who had trampled and killed her enemies, had picked a radish and thrown it at them.
Even rumors that this was not made by Shigeru remain in black history.
"Well, we don't have any other game developments this time, so we need to make sure 3 is really clear."
"I can help, too. "
"Khh! With the help of the strong, you're the best!!" Why don't we go grab a buckwheat for lunch? Let's go there and talk about the follow-up. "
"Huh? So this time, you shoot?" "
"... you have a hidden end. "
"Buy me a Teacher, too!"
"Got it. Got it!! "
&
Out of the wooden house near the company, Shigei slashed her neck with the warm water provided by the host.
When I looked around the interior of the small, but rather old-fashioned interior, there were three men on the walls.
It looks like it's a traditional young udon house that has been in business for the third generation, but I'm excited about the taste. At that time, Shigere asked me.
"By the way, have you contacted her? "
"Hmm? What kind of contact? "
"Ugh… this worm… Yuki. Yuki!!"
"Ahh..."
"Ahh...? You haven't been in touch, have you? "
"Yes. I haven't been able to go to Tokyo lately."
"Hey, you lunatic. You broke a finger. Do you really want to go to Tokyo? If you're going to do that, give me that contact!! I want to get married too. "
"Oh, I can see how old you and Sige are."
"So call me! It's been a week since the Dragon Emblem. You have to think about who's waiting for you. "
"Because I'm busy with work. I was thinking of calling because I took a breather on the dragon emblem. "
"Good thinking. Work and work, but your life is important too! Now let's talk about Super Maridge 3. "
Dammit... Someone tells me his life is important too...
"Since you're in the cafeteria, let's do some spelling. "
"Oh, right. Host! What's good here? It's Kitts, Tanuki? "
"Thankyou for the sign."
"Two tanuki, then."
What, I don't have a choice? I called out to the host in a hurry.
"No, I want Kitts, and I want Teachers too!! "
"Hey! One Tanuki, one Kitts, one Teacher!! "
The host shouted, and a gentle answer came from the kitchen. The noodles in Japan were so chewy that I also enjoyed eating them.
"Oh, my gosh, I forgot to teach. I thought you were a Tanuki (Raccoon), but you were a Kitz (Fox)!"
Tanuki was an udon with fried crumbs on it, but it didn't suit my taste. I liked Udong from Kitchen, who gives livers and marriages with soy sauce and Mirin. Seeing me like that, Shigei smiled a little and got back to the point.
"What do you think Super Maridge's greatest strength is? "
"Well, if you don't pick radishes, more than half will be hit. "
Then, his face became plump and distorted.
"I'm not pulling any more radishes... not for the rest of my life. When I eat Odeng, I eat radish deliberately! "
Looks like Super Maridge 2 was hit hard. I chuckled and replied.
"Super Marijuana Jump. Marie's nickname was Jumpman in Dongking Com. "
"Yes, we need to maximize the jump. "
"In what way? "
Shigeru said, simply drawing Maridge in a notebook he always carries, then tapping the character with a pencil.
"For example, if you step on an object, you can jump higher... like a rod in a clearing. Like a dumbbelling element... or a white angel flapping his wings like this. "
"Well, white wings for a mustache Italian guy. That's very perverted. "
"... right? It's easy to understand that you're not strong enough to talk like a stone cube. Sometimes my heart aches."
Then the host put down two bowls of Wodong in front of us.
"Here's Tanuki and Kitchen Wodong. Enjoy!"
"Oh, yes, I'll eat well... What a cute name for an elderly friend. "
"Right? My granddaughter loves udon, so she cut Odeng into raccoons and foxes, but she's doing great. What do you think? Isn't he cute?"
"The kids are going to love it. You have a good head. "
"To live, you have to keep rolling your head. This Wudong store is almost 100 years old. In the second generation, Kareudong and Fried Wodong were created to suit the changing tastes of our guests. I can't live with just one simple stone anymore. Come on! Have some before it gets cold!"
"Yes, thank you. "
After splitting the chopsticks, he was stirring his noodles, and Shigere, who was next to him, was muttering something by himself as he looked at Wodong.
"Tanuki... tanuki... mariji... tanuki... mariji..."
After a moment, Mario on the notebook draws a creased raccoon's tail and shouts.
"Raccoon Margie!! What do you think!? You eat leaves, not mushrooms, so you're stubborn. I can just wag my tail here and fly!! "
I used to turn my favorite soup into a reptile villain, turn peach dessert into a peach princess, and now this is a bronze house... I can't even eat well with this guy...
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After work that night, I was sitting in front of my room phone. In front of the phone was a piece of paper with Yuki's contact information.
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After work that night, I was sitting in front of my room phone. In front of the phone was a piece of paper with Yuki's contact information.
"Wow, what are you so nervous about!? "
You might think that strangers are getting droopy in front of the phone, but it was very awkward for me to call someone home in 2015.
If I had a cell phone, I could have sent a text message first. How could I have made a phone call like this? I hesitated to hold on to my phone for a moment and slowly turned the dial on the phone.
With a thud, the reel rolls around, and then the beep starts coming from the handset.
"Hello?"
Th-this is the voice of a young woman...! I straightened my throat for a moment and said:
"Is that you, Yuki? "
"Oh, Yuki? I'm Yuki's sister, hold on!"
Ugh... There she is... I hear Yuki calling out over the phone for a moment, and then I hear a familiar voice.
"Yes, this is Yuki Ishikawa. "
"Oh, well, you saw it at the Dragon Emblem, right? I'm Kang Jun-hyuk."
"Ahhh!! Joon-Hyuk. Hello. "
"Yes, I'm busy and I'm running late. "
"I see. I didn't hear back. I thought you'd forgotten. "
"Oh, no, I didn't forget. It's a bit awkward because of the sudden contact..."
"I was very brave at the time, too, so I contacted you. "
"I'm sorry, but next time you go to Tokyo, I'll buy you a meal. "
"When are you coming? "
If you're a normal Japanese person, you ask Straight, surprisingly, how to say, "No, that's okay."
I was in the middle of a business trip to Pentagon Soft on the next Final Frontier, so I was only able to put my phone down after promising to contact you before I went to Tokyo.
"Oh, it's been 83 years since I've had a conversation with a woman. I'm nervous. I don't have anything to do with our women. It's weird."
I sighed a little and turned up the power switch on my computer.
Chop, chop, whoopee!
Computers of this age are so much fun. When I first used a PC that was not in Windows format, everything felt very awkward, but now I'm perfectly familiar with it.
After I loaded the coding I was working on as a prompt command, I was momentarily lost in thought.
The dragon emblem's expansion scenario plan was already in place before the launch, so I completed the transplant to the expansion cartridge without a hitch, and recently I was working on another game.
This genre... the Bulletproof Shooting Feud? I set it so far.
I created the dragon emblem, but it wasn't even published in my name, so I was going to develop the work that I created with my Minten license.
&
A few days later, a presentation about the creation of new games was held in Mintendo's corporate conference room. Mintendo staff, as well as reporters from Pammy Communications, attended the conference.
The first announcement was Shigere's Super Maridge 3.
The background design of the game borrowed the curtain call of the monopole to create a unique performance that seemed to be a one-sided play.
Especially after the Woodong incident, Super Maridge's appearance with a raccoon tail was often said to be cute among people gathered at the presentation hall.
Raccoon Margie was able to fly high if she hit the jump button after running for some speed, but everyone laughed as if she were flying.
Using this element, Shigere added that he could create hidden routes for each stage of the land to skip to another stage or grab unusual items.
The roots of the next Maridge series are pouring out from three... leaves that turn into raccoons, roots hidden from every stage.
Lastly, Shigere's presentation ended after Marige turned into a fickle raccoon transformation.
"Great!! Very good. Yes, this is Super Marijie!! He finally came to his senses. "
Kamauchi applauded the Elongated Seal with a satisfied expression. Gunpei, who was in the presenting society, briefly calmed down the atmosphere of the left and introduced the next game. The following games are a family version of Hondura, which is currently a popular game in the arcade. And the Double Dragon was introduced.
The atmosphere began to rise as both of them were able to play for two and are now popular in the arcade. At that time, reporter Jun Fei from Palmy Communications asked Gun Fei.
"When was the launch of the new portable gaming device that you announced in Karin's legend? What's the price?"
Then Gunpei replied with a slightly embarrassed look on his face.
"We are reviewing our release this holiday season. We are also doing our best to adjust prices as high as our users expect, but there is no fixed price yet. We should be able to tell you more about it around the next month. "
"Ouch!!! "
"So I think we're going to finish our next game. I'm also very excited to be the director of this new game. I was the first to come up with an idea for duck hunting that you are familiar with, and a hidden developer of our mintendo who, with Mr. Shigere, has served as the assistant director of several mintendo games. Meet Kang Jun-hyuk. "
"Ouch!!! Duck Hunt's first idea provider? "
"Seegee says he's a very talented friend, he's Korean. "
"Korean..? By the way, you said the planner of the Dragon Emblem was Korean, right? "
The president insisted on the introduction of Gunpei. I slowly got up from my seat, pulled out the floppy diskette and climbed to the top.
"Hi, I'm so honored that so many of you are here to introduce my first work. As Gunpei pointed out, I have only played an auxiliary role and have not created a game to improve my performance as the main director. The dragon emblem has become a big topic lately, right? I also, as a Korean like him, wanted to create a game that would satisfy family gamers. Genre is a rather unfamiliar genre called" Tandem Shooting Feud Action. ""
"Tan.. just shot.. battle action? What is that, a shot? "
"Isn't that action? But in a war, are you two fighting? "
I plug the floppy diskette into the demonstration device and power it up once the ambiguous genre has heard people's whistling.
"Who here has experienced this firsthand? "
Then Jun Fei, who was sitting behind me, quickly raised his hand.
"Junpei Ishimoto. Step forward, please. "
Jun Fei smiled with a shy expression and came out to the top.
In fact, I was informed in advance when I met Jun Fei before the event. When I call the Tribute from the top, I want him to clap his hands and pop out.
Of course, others were fine, but Jun Fei was perfect for demonstrating on some difficulty because dying too easily was not fun.
"Please hold the pad in front of you and enjoy the first stage of the demo. Ah, the title of the game is Psychic Battle. "
"Psychic Battle? A psychic battle... That's not so bad. "
As the mintendo logo passed and the phrase "psychic battle," as the cheerful BGM flowed, the attention of the people in the chairman began to increase.
When Jun Pyo pressed the start button, 3 attractive female protagonists emerged, followed by character selection.
"Woman!? I thought it was a shooter. "
"It could be a pilot. "
"Oh, I see."
At this point, the shooter was strongly aware that he had to fight on an airplane because of the influences of 1945 or Twindie, but he was suddenly recognized as a pilot when beautiful women came out.
However, Jun Fei's chosen character flew into the blue sky with a gorgeous pair of cut shoes and began to enter the stage.
"Ah!! That's why you're a superpower!! "
The Psychic Battle was a cross-scrolling shooter. Well, let's just compare that to a role model that I've played in the arcade once.
Jun Fei manipulates the character moving back and forth smoothly, then presses the A button and a blue missile flies to the enemy.
"Hmmm.. The characters that enter the stage are different, but the content is just plain shooter. "
I bet this guy even knows how to play his friend's game. Yeah, that's why I have more faith, but...
"Play a little more. "
The shooter game is no big deal. Anyone could easily adapt to a simple way of playing by dodging and firing an enemy missile at the same time.
The enemies who were aiming for the protagonist were also superpowers, and the screen was filled with superpowers.
"Uhhhhh...!? "
At first, Jun Fei, who was lightly avoiding one or two flying projectiles, began to groan strangely, looking at the projectiles that were filling up the screen.
I've heard this moaning at the game center before. Jun Fei groaned unnoticed when he became immersed in one thing.
My presentation was quiet except for the strange groaning of a man.
The speed of all projectiles in the Psychic Battle was not constant.
Some shell hits fast and some shell comes in breathlessly slow. But what happens when it's full of screens?
"Ugh!!! Rrrrgh!!!! "
Jun Fei screamed and was amazingly avoiding all the shell casings that were flying at him.
"Oh! That's amazing! Did he say" pammy reporter "? The content of the game is great, but how do you avoid all that shell casing? "
"Y-yeah? I'm getting dizzy...? "
"Ahhhh!! Bomb!! Bomb!! Don't you have a bomb? "
Jun Fei exclaimed urgently at me as he could no longer find a place to escape. In shooter games, bombs are often used as an emergency evasion that instantly reduces your character's time.
"Twirl the cross and press B. "
"Th-the cross? "
Yes, the Psychic Battle was the first command-input shooter.
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"Twirl the cross and press B. "
"Th-the cross? "
Yes, the Psychic Battle was the first command-input shooter.
As soon as Jun Pyo finishes typing his comment with my advice. PAANG!! With a cheerful sound, the bluish barrier created around the character begins to block the enemy's shell.
"Wow!! "
Elasticity flowed from the mouths of those who were watching the game in a performance that exceeded expectations. Jun Fei sighed for a moment and quickly rushed out into the empty space and began to immerse himself in the game again.
However, for a moment... surrounded by another impenetrable shell, Junpei starts dodging the shell with a strange groan.
The shell of the first stage of the Psychic Battle was rounded and thin and long with two different speeds directed at the player. Jun Fei was also unable to avoid all of the projectiles for the first time, so the flying parts of the projectiles were being extracted into his body.
Then an employee who was watching the game said.
"An enemy attack doesn't kill you easily, does it? Is that a health sign at the top of the screen? "
"Unlike other shooter games, the Psychic Battle does not fire an enemy attack once. Like a fighting game, you have HP, and you have SP gauges that use special attacks. The SP Gauge can be recovered by shooting down enemies or by eating items. Go forwards and backwards on Jun Pyo's cross and press the B button. "
Jun Fei followed my advice and pushed the B button while moving the character back and forth. Then, around the character, multiple laser beams snap at strange angles and obliterate the enemies in an instant.
"Oh!!! Cool!?"
"Next up and down B button"
Phew!!! With the light emanating from the character, the screen filled with grenades disappeared in an instant, and the people watching Junpei play sighed for relief.
Jun Fei, who had mastered the sense of play to some degree, then skillfully filled up the SP and became opposed to the stage's first gigantic insect-shaped boss.
It was unbelievable compared to the overwhelming game offered by a giant boss in a shooter game that needed to be avoided. Since the boss has grown in size, there is less room for players to avoid.
Especially since this boss is so evil...
"Cough!! What the hell!!! "
Missiles don't know what to do.
At first, the giant shell, which slowly squeezed the player's breath, was designed to spread from point to point.
And that moment. The demo computer CPU took an enormous widow and began to slow down rapidly.
Because there was a decision to set a flying trajectory and cut the damage if it came into contact with a player, the expression of a lot of ammunition gave a huge swarm to the system.
Jun Fei slowly begins to pass through the shell while holding his grip. I felt frustrated by what I saw, but I was approaching a thrill.
"Oh, it's like slow motion."
And when the expression of the number of shells is no longer possible, I have a device in case it goes beyond the number of projectiles that can be expressed. The mouth of the giant insect boss was stolen and flattened.
"What!? "
Kwaow!!! The giant laser gun, which swallows more than half of the screen, completely obliterates the shell, and the character of Shompei, who maintains some HP in the process, also disappears without a trace. With his screams.
"Grrrgh!! "
Phew!!! GAME OVER. Jun Fei eventually failed to clear the first boss, and the game ended. This game was over once you lost your life instead of having HP.
"I... couldn't even clear the first stage of the shooter game."
Jun Fei stared at the TV with a devastating look on his face. I tapped Jun Fei's shoulder and smiled.
"Well done. Honestly, I was kind of in trouble when you woke up the boss. It was only the first stage of development, so I thought I was going to finish it. "
Then why are you so quiet after the demonstration? I thought there'd be applause or cheer, but I turned my head slightly and looked at the attendees, all expressing a blank expression.
"Well, that concludes the announcement of the psychic battle."
"Whoa!!!!!!! "
An enormous cheer erupted as if the time had stopped. Jun Fei, who was sitting in front of the demonstration, was also applauding with a proud expression.
"I can't believe this is my first game ever!! "
"It was like watching a whole new shooter game!! "
Even Gunpei, who was looking at society, approached me and tapped my shoulder.
"If it was made by the Gang, I knew there'd be a big one. Amazing. Surprised!! "
"Haha... Thank you. Gunpei."
However, not one person smiled while everyone was cheering. Leaning against the chair, Shigeru stared at me with a blunt expression. After a while, Shigeru left the presentation chair.
Mintendo's announcement of the new game was a great success. Kamauchi was very pleased with the success of his attendees who had seen the Super Maridge 3 and Psychic Battles.
Later on, attendees had the freedom to demonstrate a new game, and what was interesting was that more demonstrators were gathering in the Psychic Battle than in the early days of Super Maridge 3.
Apparently, the rainy bullet shot stimulated the participants' challenging consciousness.
However, most participants were less than halfway through the first stage of the psychic battle and could be over-gamed.
"Look at this!! I didn't fail you. It's a dirty game."
Jun Fei approached me with pride, looking at the collapsing players and being against the boss.
"That's why I asked you to demonstrate. If the player dies too easily, the atmosphere ends before it warms up. "
"You. You used me!! "
"Friends help each other out. You think you used it again? You had a good time. "
"Well, to be honest, it was thrilling. People are reacting well... I think it's more entertaining than the original Super Maridge 3... "
Then some of the Mintendo employees nearby turned their eyes to Jun Fei. He would be, too, because for developers in Mintendo today, Kumamoto Shigeru was practically a god.
Jun Fei turned his head and said to me, struggling with his cold eyes.
"D-do you want me to go outside for a bit? Why don't you have a cigarette? "
"Yes, let's have a cup of coffee. "
After a while, when he left the headquarters building, Jun Fei sighed for a long time.
"Phuha! It's quite a vibe. "
"Why did you say that? Kick-kick!"
"No, tell me the truth. I don't have a nostril in my eye, and it looks like it's gonna stain like this. "
"Stop it. Someone will listen."
Give Vending Coffee. Jun Fei grumbled and asked for a cigarette.
"By the way, Joon-Hyuk. The psychic battle you invented, when you introduced it, you said it was an act of war. But your style of play is not that different from your typical shooter. The comment element was curious..."
"Oh, well, it's... it's still implemented, but we're going to be able to make it invulnerable for two characters."
"Oh, right. But isn't that too few characters? It's only three people."
"Starting from stage two, if you clear a Boss character as a Superpower, you will have up to six more to use. "
"More manipulative characters are clear!!! That's amazing."
Jun Fei nodded and smiled to see if my answer was satisfactory. I hear a familiar voice behind the vending machine. The protagonist of the voice was Shigei.
"Strong forces. Game developers shouldn't lie to users. "
"There you are. Shigei, but I lied to you? "
"The Psychic Battle you've created... There's no way that kind of shell implementation is going back to current family performance. Isn't that right?"
Jun Fei suddenly appeared, covering his mouth with his hands, and was surprised by the cigarette fire. See, the old saying, "Birds listen in the daytime, rats listen in the night."
Unlike usual, Mr. Shigere had a very distinctive expression. It seems that attendees' reactions in the demonstration hall were a little awkward.
"I can make it. "
"What...? "
"It's going to take a while, but we can make it. "
"In what way..? "
"Well, I can't tell you that right now, but I'll make it look like it's from a family machine. "
"Yeah? Let's make a bet, shall we? "
"What bet? "
"Which of the two psychic battles you created or the Super Maridge 3 I created will sell more? "
Ugh... What's this family fight about?
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"Have you ever been in a psychic battle? Director Kang's game is huge. It's a whole different scale."
"It's a shooting game, after all. I think it's the best Super Maridge 3 ever. This is gonna be a big hit again. "
"Shooting games, then? You've never been in a psychic battle, have you? Immersion isn't a joke. "
While I was drinking coffee in the break room, two male employees came in with a loud noise outside.
"Oh, Director..."
When they saw me, they were flabbergasted and bowed their heads.
"Hello, are you here for coffee? "
"Oh, yeah. Break time."
"So am I. Sit down. I'll get you a cup of coffee. "
"Oh, no. You don't have to do that. "
"Well, employees can have a cup of coffee. It's no big deal. "
The two men took a steady stance, repeating that I had sat and stood up when I pulled the coffee out of the vending machine. What are you so afraid of, a rookie?
"Are you two new? "
"Yes? Oh, we joined two months ago. "
"Two months...? Sorry. I have a lot of work to do, so I don't have time to get used to my face. Haha."
"No problem. You're working on a new console, and this time you're very busy developing a game. "
If I were here, I wouldn't be able to say anything. I would just waste my time resting... I left the rest room with a few short words and asked you to work hard.
Then I heard the man's voice behind the closed door.
"Kyah-ah, the Director is cool. That relaxation... I think you're about my age, but it feels totally elite. "
"I heard they posted a big one when they were working in the US office. Seems like Shigeru and Gunpei are close, too, and we can't keep up at the same age..."
"Well, that's what I look like to new employees."
After the announcement of the new game, Minten was experiencing some strange movement inside.
Not long ago, there was a debate between me and Shigeru about which works were better. This is not a good idea for first games to be launched by the same company, but it feels more like a faction fight than a good competition.
Having determined that I was no longer able to develop both games in the same development room, I deployed them to the next generation of console development department with the minimum number of people. Thanks to this, the office I work in is a bit more chaotic than the other departments.
As soon as I sat down, Kimura, who was in charge of the controller of the new console, approached me and asked.
"Hey, boss, this is the new controller concept. Can you take a look? "
"Yes, of course. "
The draft of the new controller handed over from Kimura felt similar to the controller image on the NEGA side than the controller of the super family I had known.
"Not bad at the moment, but would you like to make a few more edits? There's still time, so let's wait for the design team to come up with some more concepts. "
"Yes, sir. By the way, is there anything else you'd like to ask for? "
"Can I stretch the buttons a little bit? "
"Button? We discussed it with the developers, and we've already stretched it from two buttons to four."
"The game will get more complicated in the future. Now it's a monotonous form of jumping or attacking, but as the genre of the game progresses, there can be a variety of requirements. "
"So do you have a number of buttons in mind? "
"What about the six-button system? Recently, I went to the Game Center, and there was a little game called Fighting. "
"The goal fighting game? "
In 1987, a problem was launched in Game Center that troubled the business owners.
Why is this a problem? It was because it broke the old rules set in the Game Center.
A game center is a place where ordinary people go to enjoy games, often referred to in my country as a 'arcade'.
Compared to the pleasant and pleasant word "entertainment," the image in my country was branded as a bad place for flying teenagers to smoke and steal money buried in children's noses.
Nevertheless, I like the game. If only a few hundred won were in hand, that was the playroom where I'd given up chipping and running.
Anyway, by the end of 1987, the Japanese gaming center owners had a very uncomfortable game launch. It was because of the appearance of Street Fire, the first six-button battle game.
Why did they seem uncomfortable with the easy coin retrieval battle game? It was because of the number of buttons.
Existing arcade games were only available with a lot of buttons.
No, usually two or three were enough, so four were also quite reluctant to say the least.
However, because the boxing game suddenly appeared using six buttons, the operators had no choice but to reform the substrate or bring in a proprietary device by crying and eating mustard.
However, thanks to its lame command manipulation, Street Fire became popular soon after its release.
Obviously, the command indicated long bowing and uppercut skills, but no matter how much I turned the lever, the technology did not go out.
It was also due to the poor digestion of the arm and leg buttons set aside by the river, medium and medicine.
The game, which eventually turned out to be a nuisance, will undoubtedly gain enormous popularity by abandoning all existing styles in the subsequent 2.
"Sir, aren't you suggesting that you use the six buttons for a street fire? "
"Why? Why not? Haha.."
"Sure, there's no need to add a control button, but if you put six buttons on the front, it's relatively large, so it might be a little uncomfortable for children to use."
"Do I really need to put six buttons on the front? "
"Yes? Where are the rest of the buttons? "
I finally had a family controller on my desk, so I handed it over to Kimura.
"Take a hold of it. "
"Yes..? Oh, yeah."
Then both fingers of Kimura, who received the controller from me, naturally pointed towards the top of the controller. I smiled and spoke behind my back.
"Stop! Right there. Kimura makes a button on the part where he's touching his finger. "
"Ahhhh!!!! There you are."
Without any answer, Kimura nods back.
So we're done with one, and the next is the Psychic Battle?
I got up from my seat and found Mauritata focusing on shooting elongated dots.
"What about the Mauritania Illustration? "
"It's smooth. It's fun to work. I'm amazed at your courage to have all of the protagonist characters in the Psychic Battle as women!! "
"Y-yeah? "
"I believe you. The day will come when beautiful girls and sexy concept characters dominate the gaming world!! "
The illustrator Maurita, who strangely always held on to high tension, was obsessed with the female character to some extent that she thought she was a true pioneer ahead of her time. (He never draws male characters.)
Even within a small dot, emphasizing the character's features helped greatly to eliminate the camouflage of characters and illustrations in the game.
"Hey, Morita, can you be quiet? "
"Sorry Hayashi. I'm interrupting coding."
The Hayashi who was obsessed with his work again without hesitation at the apology of Morita was skilled enough that no one would follow him in his coding work.
But because of his nervous personality, there's a problem with interpersonal relationships.
Seegee's development environment, which enjoys joking in a little family atmosphere, was not suitable for him.
Hayashi did not see the other employees struggling, wanting everything to fit exactly like a cog, so there was frequent disagreement with the development team.
So I brought these two merchandise Otaku under me.
One is a dot machine that shoots dots like crazy without stopping when it comes to beautiful girls. And the coding machine that takes over the object and squeezes out the code without a scratch.
"But, sir, Can I really implement this according to the script you gave me? This is way over capacity. Never return to the current family. "
"It doesn't matter. Leave the rest to me and just do the coding right. "
Then Morita asked me.
"Sir, are you really going to do what you said before? "
"Why? Don't you feel confident? "
"Oh no! You can do it. But it's a bit of a headache when you run out of responsibility."
"It's now or never, so you can do it. If you are later legally sanctioned there will be no answer, so go ahead. I'll take full responsibility. "
"Got it!! "
"Maurita, you're so loud."
"Oh, sorry. Hayashi..."
I'm looking forward to those two great shooters from Otaku.
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Afterwards, Shigere and I would sometimes run into each other in the hallway, but there was not much talk.
It used to be the Dragon Warrior, but he used to get very nervous when it came to games.
On the day of the presentation, the way everyone was cheering and leaning against the chair all by themselves, did I feel like I was looking at the rival rather than my coworker?
In fact, I wasn't particularly offended by the reaction of Mr. Shigere. In a way, the current minten top developer recognized me as a rival.
But how much did Super Maridge 3 sell?
After work, I was alone at home and I was curious about the game & watch. Then a cheerful sound sounded like it was waiting.
- Bam! Hidden challenges. You have completed the secret game developer mission. The next time you reveal your identity, your awareness among gamers will increase by 200%. -
-Pabam ~ The creation of the first game title psychic battle has begun. You can now see the status of your development team members. -
Yamaguchi of the Pentagon has joined the production of Final Frontier 2. -
- Pam ~ Kumamoto Shigeru of Mintendosa is raising a competitive consciousness about you. -
In the meantime, all the small incidents that occurred in the gaming industry were alerted. After checking some important alarms, I searched the search box for information about Super Maridge 3.
< Super Maridge 3: An arcade game built for the mintendo family has raised 40 million sales worldwide. This is purely the number of genuine cartridges sold in Mintendo. >
40 million genuine items... I'm going to be stunned...
I sighed a little at the massive sales volume of Super Maridge 3 and then turned the dial with the handset. After a short beep, you hear a man's voice.
"Hello?"
Hello... What presumptuous phone etiquette? I cleared my voice for a moment and opened my mouth.
"Pumala, is Chendra there? "
"I work for Chendra. Do you want me to change it?"
"Yes."
A few moments later, an incomprehensible Indian language is heard in Chendra's voice.
"Joon-Hyuk? I'm too busy these days by making all the expansion cartridges I promised. If we want to send money home, we have to work. Don't you have work to do? "
"That's why I called. Chendra, do me a favor. "
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"Joon-Hyuk? I'm too busy these days by making all the expansion cartridges I promised. If we want to send money home, we have to work. Don't you have work to do? "
"That's why I called. Chendra, do me a favor. "
"Please ~? Do whatever Chendra Kang Jun-hyuk asks. Are you up to something else? "
"Just hear me out and let me know if I can do it. "
"Fine. Tell me. "
And after a while. I replied with a clear voice, Chend, who had heard my explanation.
"That's possible!! It can be Chendra. "
"Really? That's good. "
"But there is a problem with Kang Joon-Hyuk. The way you say it is difficult to mass-produce. It is too difficult to keep track of the order quantity of Mintendo at Chendra's small workshop. "
Well... This isn't enough work for a handful of people in a chicken coop like that that doesn't ventilate properly.
It's a little earlier than I thought, but it's not a bad time to be planning. I quickly pulled out the notebook and held the pen over my shoulder.
"Chendra. Get me a list of the equipment you need for your work. "
"Huh? What's that all of a sudden? "
"Uh, just trying to buy a factory."
"What!? "
In 1987, Japan's economy was on its way to the end of a growing bubble economy.
In fact, the real direct hit came from the 'Plaza Convention' signed in 1985 under the Dollar Stabilization designation.
The Japanese government, which previously maintained the yen fixed exchange rate, agreed to the U.S. 'need to stabilize the dollar in order to activate the world economy', resulting in a fantastic result in half the value of the yen being reduced in just one year.
Japan, with the Korean War on its back and as an emerging export manufacturer, has become the world's second largest power in the 6-70 's thanks to the support of many friendly nations, but the Plaza Convention has seen the' Engo phenomenon 'which has dropped the monetary value of the yen compared to the dollar and has begun to decline overseas exports since last year.
To recover from such a sudden setback, the Japanese government once again shook hands and threw money at businesses at 2.5% of the existing 5% interest rate.
However, all of the capital that was poured into the company was directed toward real estate for stable investment, and suddenly, a huge upheaval in housing value was happening in the growing demand.
Due to the low interest rate loans to the public and jumping into the real estate market, the real estate that was 100 million in just two years of the Plaza Convention exploded into a huge barrel (critical effect like a moron) that soared to 300 million.
When banks seemed to spend money on low interest rates all the time, they felt at risk of increasing loans, and began to refuse credit loans between companies, the companies that had never been able to borrow money excitedly began to repay, and recently, one or two manufacturing factories itself was closing the doors.
&
I acquired a factory in Tokyo's Chiba district in a similar manner to Triangle Soft, which is in crisis.
In fact, it was one of the subcontract companies responsible for producing Mintendo cartridges, and President Kamauchi was also one of those companies that was waiting for the company to collapse completely and close.
"What!! The Leitex Factory has been acquired!? Who!!! What the hell!! "
"Well, I don't know the details, but the president of the Leitex says he's not the boss anymore. "
"Damn it!! I was just waiting a little longer to buy it when it was completely closed!! "
"Better to take over when the right price comes out than to wait too long."
"Shut up!!!! "
Kuang!! Kamauchi throws the ashtray from his desk and starts making a fuss. Gunpei was busy trying to stop the Kamauchi president.
Gosh... Gosh... I came to see Gunpei about the psychic battle, but it's a bit harsh. Of course, he's Satan because of me, but...
"I can't... I'll have to make a buy before I get to the rest of the factory, even if it costs me a little." "
"Hey, Ms. Grant, um..."
Gunpei's embarrassing expression started to make Kamachi's face turn white.
"Y-you can't be..."
"Yes, the two factories that we had in mind were the same. "
"Oh, shit!!! Who the hell are you? Find out who the fuck that is right now! "
"Oh, I see. "
"Phew... Phew..."
Kamauchi's boss was choking down on the boiling water, even after he swallowed it. Perhaps you should come back later... I slightly shaken my head and walked out of the room.
After a while, Gunpei, who came to the new console development department, was very tired.
I asked Gunpei for cold water, pretending not to know.
"Why are you so mad at Kamachi? "
"You have every reason to be angry. I lost my food to save a few bucks."
"The prey?"
"Family game cartridges have been so successful that our mintendo factories couldn't keep up with demand, so there were some manufacturing factories that had been outsourcing, but recently it was difficult to play, so the closing doors have been growing."
"Ah, Mr. Kamauchi was waiting for those factories to close. "
"So I could buy it for a cheap price... but something weird happened. "
"Weird thing? "
"Someone bought the company that was about to collapse. I was so excited when I got rid of the debt my bosses were holding. He seems to have a lot of talent, but the problem is that he's leaving operations to the existing owners on the whole factory. Even if I ask who you sold it to, the bosses will keep their mouths shut like they promised."
"That's too bad."
That's it... because I'm busy and I can't manage to get there...
In fact, even the factory owners did not meet me. Everything was bought on my behalf by Nakamura, a lawyer at the law firm that passed Triangle last time.
Nakamura advised that it was not good to invest too much money in a factory that was about to collapse, but he almost bought the entire workforce and the president who had previously worked there because he could not manage it properly by replenishing a new workforce in a factory that was closed anyway.
Thanks to this, I lost 300 million yen in the last month, but it didn't matter. because 100 million of them will be recovered soon. How do I get back? That's how we're gonna get back.
"But what did you want to consult about earlier? "
"Oh, I need to ask Gunpei about the psychic battle. "
"Ah, the game that decorated the last presentation. At first glance, it was a really great game. By the way, the guys at the development office assured me that the family was never going to be able to drive, is that true? "
"Mmm-hmm, about half right. "
"I thought the strongest troops I know wouldn't have done so carelessly... Half of it. What's that supposed to mean? "
"We need special chips to boost the performance of the underprivileged family. "
"Special chips? Where are you gonna stick it? "
"Of course it's in the cartridge. You are attempting to put a device in the cartridge that will distribute the family's computational power. "
"Hmmm, it's theoretically possible. But I haven't tried it yet."
"That's okay, I already know the manufacturer of that particular chip. "
"Really? Where is it? "
"It's called the Leitex. There was an employee named Chendra who created a special chip to upgrade the cartridge performance. "
"The Litex!? "
"If you're Gunpei, you already know that. My minten is one of our subcontractors...? "
"The Leitex is one of the companies that Kamauchi was trying to acquire this time, and if he'd gotten his hands on it a little sooner..."
Eventually, Mintendo was forced to pay 100 million yen for mass production of special chips that could upgrade the cartridge performance produced by the Litex.
Gunpei spent several nights copying special chip manufacturing techniques imported from the Litex, but eventually the chip failed to be copied by the front of an Indian bulldozer.
While Kamachi opposed the launch of the initial out-of-production Psychic Battle as an existing cartridge, it has already been reported in Palmy Communications and has never been able to easily call off development due to increased user expectations.
"Kang-gun, are you sure you want to hit this? I wanted to know if you were special chips or something, so the crafting unit price went too high. At this rate, you'll need to hit at least a millionaire before you can cross the breakeven point. "
"Mr. Kamauchi..."
"Huh? What the..."
"When did I ever let you down? "
"Of course not... The atmosphere was good at the presentation, and he's been very hard on you lately. I was expecting a hit, but..."
"If you're that worried, I can ease your worries. "
"Hmm? How? "
"I'm only going to spend one-tenth of the marketing cost of Super Maridge 3. "
"Reduce marketing costs? Psychic Battle is a new title. If there's less publicity, it won't sell much... Are you sure you want to do this? "
"That's enough. "
"I don't know what he's up to... but I'm counting on it."
"You can count on it. Don't worry, just get the money ready. "
And then I want you to go back to the Ritex and ask for additional special chips. I left the conference room with a smile on my mind.
"Kang Jun-hyuk.."
When he raised his head to the sound of calling out to me, Shigere was walking from the hallway across the street.
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